Once upon a time Quintanilla was a first-round pick and top prospect, but now he’s 30 years old with just 582 career plate appearances in the majors.

He’s also hit just .213 with a .552 OPS in that big-league action, which is particularly unimpressive considering most of it came in Colorado, but Quintanilla has consistently posted decent numbers at Triple-A and gives the Mets a shortstop alternative should Tejada struggle stepping into Jose Reyes‘ shoes.

Are the Mets serious???? Not only does this guy blow, he can’t even play for the first 50 games. I’ve been a Mets fan for a long time & can’t remember a lower point in our history….not even blowing a 7 game lead with 17 to play was this bad.